Buffer Overflow The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package dnsmasq.src  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-DNSMASQSRC-15234645
  • published6 Feb 2026
  • disclosed1 Jan 2020

Introduced: 1 Jan 2020

CVE-2020-37127  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dnsmasq.src package and not the dnsmasq.src package as distributed by RHEL.

Dnsmasq-utils 2.79-1 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the dhcp_release utility that allows attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying excessive input. Attackers can trigger a core dump and terminate the dhcp_release process by sending a crafted input string longer than 16 characters.